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The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.